Robotics
As people age, they gradually lose muscle strength in their arms and legs, making it difficult for them to participate in leisure activities such as hiking and traveling, and they often need to rely on assistive devices such ...
Jan 19, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
When Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton shared a beautiful story of his brother Nicolas experiencing a professional F1 simulator, he said "The smile you see here never left his face."
Oct 27, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Soon enough, a bedside Amazon device might know whether you're sleeping—or not.
Sep 28, 2022
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Engineering
Since they came into use by physicians and researchers, Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) or Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMIs) have provided ways to treat neurological disorders and shed light on how the brain functions. As ...
Jan 20, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Smart home devices from Google, Amazon and Facebook are engineered to listen for your commands and respond to them. Usually, they only engage when you say your "wake" word such as "OK, Google" or "Hey, Google."
Jan 2, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
A few short years ago, personal digital assistants like Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri and Google Assistant sounded futuristic. Now, the future is here and this future is embedded, augmented and ubiquitous.
Dec 16, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
In January, Google announced a cool new feature that turns the Google Assistant into a two-way language interpreter, but it only worked visually on smart displays, which generally aren't used in the real world, when people ...
Dec 13, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Google's latest phone and smart-home devices came packaged with a not-so-subtle message: Google cares about your privacy. Does it?
Oct 16, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Conversing through voice, compared to text, enhances the connection users have with a virtual assistant. This can lead to better attitudes toward the technology, according to a study by Penn State graduate student Eugene ...
May 2, 2019
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Robotics
In April 2022, the project "Smart Electronic Olfaction for Body Odor Diagnostics"—SMELLODI for short—started with the kick-off meeting. The objective of the seven partners from Germany, Israel and Finland is to develop ...
Apr 26, 2022
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